Cultivator.



E. W. WERDEN.'

GULTIVATOR. APPLIOATION FILED JULY 23, M308.- 928,723. Patented July2:91909.

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ATTORNEY I E. W. *WERDEN CULTIVATOR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 23, 1908.

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CLTIVA'IOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented `July 20, 1909.

Application filed July 23, 1908. Serial N0. 444,906.

T0 aZZ whom it may' concemf Be it known tha-t I, EDWARD WHIPPLE WERDEN,citizen of the United States, and resident of Mount Vernon, in thecounty of Westchester and State of New York, have invented a certain newand useful Improved Oultivator, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to that class of cultivators in which a plow isused with laterally adjustable wings, and has for its object to providean improved cultivator of this character by means of which the devicemay be effectively operated to plow the earth, and to tear up anddestroy weedsand roots.

The invention consists in an improved cultivator of this characterconstructed and arranged as hereinafter set forth and claimed.

leferring to the accompanying drawings in which similar letters ofreference indicate like parts, Figure 1, is a plan view of the inventionwith seed and fertilizer hoppers omitted. Fig.-2 is a side view thereof.Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the laterally adj ustable wingslooking at the rear end thereof. Fig. 4 is a detail view of a roller anda portion of the frame from which it is suspended. Fig. 5 is a plan viewof the invention including seed and fertilizer hoppers. Fig. 6 is a sideview of the device shown in Fig. 5, and Fig. 7 is a vertical crosssection on the line 1*2 Fig. 5.

The cultivator is constructed with a V- shaped prow which serves as aplow, formed of metal plates a, a, preferably of steel secured togetherin any suitable manner, as for example by U-shaped cross bars or platesa bolted to the plates a, a, at their rear end and by bolts at theirforward end.

The nose of the plow is provided with a vertically adjustable V-shapedcutter b having its lower end rounded and curved forward, the cutter Zibeing adjustably mounted on the nose of the plow by means of slots c, c,in the cutter through which project the clamping bolts x. The object ofthe cutter b is to enable the plow to cut into the earth at any desireddepth. The nose of the plow is provided with a hitohing ring b. Hingedat the rear end of the V-shaped prow or plow by means of hinges e, arelaterally adjustable wings one on each side, the wings being metalplates, preferably steel, extending rearwardly and outwardly at anangle. The

lower edge of each plate j' is inclined upward from its hinged end toits rear' end. The

lower edge of each of the plates c prefer-` the plates f, the plow andits wings may readi ily and effectively cut into the ground and throughweeds and roots. Each of the plates f is provided on its inner side andat its lower end with a plates projecting inwardly and rearwardly andserving as a mold-board to throw the earth over the seed where it hasbeen dropped. The cultivator is provided with a frame consisting of theangle irons g, secured at their forward end to 1tohe claross bar a andat the rear end to a cross The frame is braced by a bar h secured at itsforward end to one of the cross bars a and at its rear end to a crossbar or plate o secured to the plate Z. In order that the wings f may beadjusted laterally and held apart in adjusted position according to thewidth of furrows desired to be made, each wing f is provided with astrap or bar adjustably connected at its inner end to the bar Z by boltand nut Z adapted to engage one of the holes inthe bar Z. The cultivatoris guided by means of handles g secured to the frame and braced by across-bar or rod s and the bar r connected at its ends to the rods s,and the bar Z.

In order to regulate the depth into which the teeth shall enter theground a roller n is provided, being mounted on straps or bars oconnected by a cross bar n and adjustably suspended from plate Z bymeans of bolts 'y passing through slots p in the straps o and connectedto plate Z. By this meansL the roller n may be raised or lowered andheld in adjusted position. Fertilizer and seed hoppers t, t, and u, u,are mounted in the framework of the cultivator as shown in Fig. 5, andare provided with discharge spouts o, o, and w, w.

By means of this invention the plow and its wings may be drawn throughthe earth in justable rearwardly extending wings hingedv to said plow,each wing having an inwardly projecting rearwardly extending mold board.

2. In a cultivator of the character described, a V-shaped plow withvertically depending teeth on its lower edges, and rearwardly extendingwings having vertically depending teeth on their lower edge.

3. A cultivator having a V-shaped plow with vertical depending teeth onits lower edges, a vertically adjustable cutter mounted on the nose ofthe plow with a forwardly projecting curved pointed lower end,rearwardly extending wings hinged to the plow with vertical teeth ontheir lower edge, and each having an inwardly projecting mold board,vand means for adjusting the depth of cut of the teeth.

4. In a cultivator of the character de`= scribed, a V-shaped plow, withvertical teeth on its lower edges, rearwardly extending ad; justablewings hinged to said plow and hav= ing vertical teeth on their loweredge, and a vertically adjustable roller for regulating the de th of cutof the teeth.

IS)igned at New York city in the county of New York and State of NewYork this 29th day of June A. D. 1908.

EDWARD WHIPPLE WERDEN.

Witnesses:

ADAM E. SoHATz, HENRY C. KENNEDY.

